Example sentences of "just to be sure " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outside air temperature was above minimum , but I switched on the engine anti-ice anyway , just to be sure . |
| 2 | The road in question was to be the new North Parade , and — just to be sure — the Trustees wanted permission if necessary to knock down almost the whole of Pig Street and a lot else besides , including : |
| 3 | Just to be sure . |
| 4 | He made a grunting noise just to be sure that Gurder heard him . |
| 5 | ‘ And I 've just been back and checked just to be sure , ’ his mate added . |
| 6 | ‘ I searched it , just to be sure . ’ |
| 7 | With Sycorax on her back , Ariel dropped on to her haunches and took up her baby and tied him in a cloth to her breast ; she rubbed his mouth with soursop juice to keep him dry so that he would not howl with discomfort to be changed ( she packed soft moss against his bottom , just to be sure ) ; then she took a basket of her herbs and preparations and whistled softly to Paca , the last of her caveys , to follow . |
| 8 | Wickham showed the photograph just to be sure . |
| 9 | But they 'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance . |
| 10 | I knew Malpass would have had no more than a fleeting glimpse of them , but just to be sure , I went behind the bar and found an empty crisp box . |
| 11 | And , just to be sure , I 've asked Gamal 's friend , the one who works in Al-Liwa , to be there too . ’ |
| 12 | I knew you would n't be expecting me , but I really — I needed to see you , too , ’ he confessed , ‘ just to be sure I was still alive . ’ |
| 13 | So many times she had helped at the scene of an accident and felt the same need to be with people afterwards , just to be sure , as he said , that she was still alive . |
| 14 | Even before I had learned to walk my eldest sister used to dump me in an orange box on the pavement next to Granpa 's pitch just to be sure I could start my apprenticeship early . |
| 15 | I also discovered that Granpa used to switch suppliers regularly , ‘ just to be sure no one takes me for granted ’ . |
| 16 | I think I got seventy just to be sure . |